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The official account for en.wiktionary.org, the English Wiktionary. We’re a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary. We aim to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English.
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 28 November 2025 (Black Friday): “shopworn”—“(originally US) of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled; (figurative) not fresh or new” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 28 November 2025 (Black Friday): “shopworn”—“(originally US) of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled; (figurative) not fresh or new” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 28 November 2025: “fog az esze, mint a borotva” (Hungarian)—“(simile) to be as sharp as a tack, to be quick-witted (literally, ‘one’s mind cuts like a razor’)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 28 November 2025: “fog az esze, mint a borotva” (Hungarian)—“(simile) to be as sharp as a tack, to be quick-witted (literally, ‘one’s mind cuts like a razor’)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
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70% of Canada’s Population Live In The 3 Coloured Areas On The Map
What % of Canada's land area do you think they take up?
The answer: brilliantmaps.com/70-of-can...
What % of Canada's land area do you think they take up?
The answer: brilliantmaps.com/70-of-can...
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
70% of Canada’s Population Live In The 3 Coloured Areas On The Map
What % of Canada's land area do you think they take up?
The answer: brilliantmaps.com/70-of-can...
What % of Canada's land area do you think they take up?
The answer: brilliantmaps.com/70-of-can...
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Ani'leness. Ani'lity. n.s. [anilitas, Lat.] The state of being an old woman; the old age of women.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ani'leness. Ani'lity. n.s. [anilitas, Lat.] The state of being an old woman; the old age of women.
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johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/anility...
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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 27 November 2025 (Thanksgiving Day): “of a grouping of people: arranged so that each can see and interact with the others”. Today, is #Thanksgiving Day in the United States and some other countries. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 27 November 2025 (Thanksgiving Day): “of a grouping of people: arranged so that each can see and interact with the others”. Today, is #Thanksgiving Day in the United States and some other countries. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 27 November 2025: “マイカー” (maikā; Japanese)—“a privately-owned car”. From English “my” + “car”. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 27 November 2025: “マイカー” (maikā; Japanese)—“a privately-owned car”. From English “my” + “car”. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 26 November 2025: “hubristic”—“of or relating to hubris (‘excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption’); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 26 November 2025: “hubristic”—“of or relating to hubris (‘excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption’); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 26 November 2025: “خاکستر” (xākistar / xâkestar; Persian)—“ash, cinders” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 26 November 2025: “خاکستر” (xākistar / xâkestar; Persian)—“ash, cinders” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 25 November 2025: “semblance”—“the outward appearance or form of a person or thing when regarded as similar to that of another person or thing; a person or thing that looks similar to another person or thing; a likeness; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 25 November 2025: “semblance”—“the outward appearance or form of a person or thing when regarded as similar to that of another person or thing; a person or thing that looks similar to another person or thing; a likeness; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 25 November 2025: “srefidensi” (Sranan Tongo)—“independence; (informal) Surinamese Independence Day, a national holiday in Suriname observed annually on 25 November; independent” Today marks the 50th anniversary of Suriname’s independence. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 25 November 2025: “srefidensi” (Sranan Tongo)—“independence; (informal) Surinamese Independence Day, a national holiday in Suriname observed annually on 25 November; independent” Today marks the 50th anniversary of Suriname’s independence. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
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Erin Malone — author, design historian, and Chair of Interaction Design at CCA — discusses building Kodak’s first website in the mid-1990s and gives a look at that site, now preserved in the #WaybackMachine.
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#Wayback 1T #WebHistory #WaybackMachine
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blog.archive.org/2025/11/20/v...
#Wayback 1T #WebHistory #WaybackMachine
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Erin Malone — author, design historian, and Chair of Interaction Design at CCA — discusses building Kodak’s first website in the mid-1990s and gives a look at that site, now preserved in the #WaybackMachine.
📝 More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/20/v...
#Wayback 1T #WebHistory #WaybackMachine
📝 More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/20/v...
#Wayback 1T #WebHistory #WaybackMachine
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Spotted while editing #Wiktionary: “A Dissembling friend, with faire and false words, and semblances, draweth his neighbour into some dangerous inconvenience; but a wise and just man will soone perceive his fraud, and avoid him, and the mischiefe plotted by him.” (A paraphrase of Proverbs 11:9.)
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Spotted while editing #Wiktionary: “A Dissembling friend, with faire and false words, and semblances, draweth his neighbour into some dangerous inconvenience; but a wise and just man will soone perceive his fraud, and avoid him, and the mischiefe plotted by him.” (A paraphrase of Proverbs 11:9.)
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November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 24 November 2025: “get down to brass tacks”—“(originally and chiefly US, idiomatic) to (start to) consider or deal with the most important details or facts about something” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 24 November 2025: “get down to brass tacks”—“(originally and chiefly US, idiomatic) to (start to) consider or deal with the most important details or facts about something” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 24 November 2025: “জল ময়ূর” (jol moẏur; Bengali)—“(colloquial) pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) (literally, ‘water-peacock’)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 24 November 2025: “জল ময়ূর” (jol moẏur; Bengali)—“(colloquial) pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) (literally, ‘water-peacock’)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 23 November 2025: “tsíimin kʼáakʼ” (Yucatec Maya)—“(rail transport) train”. From “tsíimin” (“horse”) + “kʼáakʼ” (“fire”). en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 23 November 2025: “tsíimin kʼáakʼ” (Yucatec Maya)—“(rail transport) train”. From “tsíimin” (“horse”) + “kʼáakʼ” (“fire”). en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
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The Fonts Used In Tourism Board Logos In Europe
See US & Asia here: brilliantmaps.com/tourism-b...
Which is your favourite?
See US & Asia here: brilliantmaps.com/tourism-b...
Which is your favourite?
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Fonts Used In Tourism Board Logos In Europe
See US & Asia here: brilliantmaps.com/tourism-b...
Which is your favourite?
See US & Asia here: brilliantmaps.com/tourism-b...
Which is your favourite?
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This is wild (and read the explanation!).
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is wild (and read the explanation!).
Spotted when editing #Wiktionary: “I must confess, had I a son of five-and-twenty, that should take it into his head at that age to set up for a politician, I think I should go near to disinherit him for a blockhead.”—Joseph Addison, “The Spectator” (1 March 1712) books.google.com/books?id=cvV...
“The” Spectator
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November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Spotted when editing #Wiktionary: “I must confess, had I a son of five-and-twenty, that should take it into his head at that age to set up for a politician, I think I should go near to disinherit him for a blockhead.”—Joseph Addison, “The Spectator” (1 March 1712) books.google.com/books?id=cvV...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM